From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Suvayu Ali Subject: Re: [OFF TOPIC] almost giving up on emacs email..looking for advice? Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 22:45:12 +0200 Message-ID: <20150806204512.GB28462@chitra.no-ip.org> References: <87d1z01hv9.fsf@posteo.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34253) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZNS2V-0005hT-3M for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Aug 2015 16:45:23 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZNS2O-000308-9d for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Aug 2015 16:45:23 -0400 Received: from mail-wi0-x22e.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c05::22e]:33701) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZNS2O-0002zr-33 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Aug 2015 16:45:16 -0400 Received: by wijp15 with SMTP id p15so37020301wij.0 for ; Thu, 06 Aug 2015 13:45:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from chitra.no-ip.org (5072840E.static.ziggozakelijk.nl. [80.114.132.14]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id fq15sm11259881wjc.12.2015.08.06.13.45.14 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 06 Aug 2015 13:45:14 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 08:21:15PM +0300, Xebar Saram wrote: > thank so much everyone for your great tips and comments > > you gave me more energy to further pursue gnus and or mu4e There is also notmuch. In fact, notmuch seems to have an edge over mu4e when it comes to performance, at least that's my understanding. I would like to say something though. I think you should not blindly keep on trying all these options, that would probably end up in frustration all over again. First you need to answer, how you use email, how do you want to access it, and what kind of features do you want. You shouldn't limit yourself to Emacs either. Eventhough Emacs can do many things, often there are other tools which are better suited. - Email could be a means for discussions, in that case it's a reference - Then you might want searchability, or someway to refer back to messages. - It could be a todo list for you, in that case you want some way to filter and carry over your emails to your todo lists. - Do you want filtering for other purposes? - You might want access to your emails over IMAP (it's immediate), or available locally (always there, not immediate). - Local disk space constraints. - Do you want access to your emails from multiple interfaces? - Do you prefer using the terminal or a GUI? As you see, there are lots of points to think about. Hope this helps, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.